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In 1929, under the guidance of Jack Frye and Charles Lindbergh, Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. (T&WA) was formed by the mergers of Standard Airlines, Western Air Express, Inc., and Transcontinental Air Transport. It was awarded the CAM-34 contract in 1930, and referred to itself as %u201cThe Airline Run by Flyers.%u201d In 1930, it inaugurated a coast-to-coast route, know as the Lindbergh Line, which took 36 hours.At first, T&WA used Ford Tri-Motor airplanes. Later, growing frustrated that Boeing couldn%u2019t deliver its Model 247 planes on time, T&WA designed its own two-engined, all-metal monoplane with room for 12 passengers, which Douglas Aircraft manufactured as the DC-1. It was an airplane with new levels of design and performance, and ushered in a new era of aircraft manufacture. It was powered by a pair of 690 hp Wright Cyclone engines. A playing card from a souvenir deck provided to passengers by TWA, featuring a 1929 Ford Trimotor airplane from its early fleet.